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Recruits of Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, stand in line after they receiving a M16-A4 service rifle during their rifle issue aboard the depot, April 21. The reality of what they held in their hands, what the weapon was capable of, dawned on recruits and made them realize the responsibility being put on them.

140421-M-YO010-048.JPG Photo By: Cpl. Benjamin E. Woodle

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Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego - Recruits of Company B, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, stand in line after they receiving a M16-A4 service rifle during their rifle issue aboard the depot, April 21. The reality of what they held in their hands, what the weapon was capable of, dawned on recruits and made them realize the responsibility being put on them.

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